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Danbury Firsts
Danbury Legends
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Exhibits by the Numbers
100

Captain John Rider of the Colonial Militia had this many sons.

What is 6?

100

First name of Danbury 

(what the indigenous people called it).

What is Paquiack?

100

Dr. Knox got famous for capturing the monstrous serpent of this lake.

What is Lake Kenosia?

100

February 27, 1897

Who is Marian Anderson?

100

In Edward Hopper's 1942 classic painting, Nighthawks, this is the number of people visible in the frame.

What is 4?

200

This town southwest of Danbury is known for a skirmish that occurred during the British retreat.

What is Ridgefield, CT?

200

The First Mayor

Who is L. LeGrand Hopkins?

200

He is falsely remembered as being imprisoned at the Old Jail for libel.

Who is P.T. Barnum?

200

October 20, 1874

Who is Charles Ives?

200

The number of stops on the Danbury Museum's "Museum in the Streets" self tour.

What is 34?

300

This American General is buried in a cemetery sharing his name.

Who is David Wooster?

300

First hat shop in Danbury opened in this year.

What is 1780?

300

Zadoc Benedict discovered this after stuffing his shoes with fur.

What is Felt?

300

February 20, 1964

Who is Mayor Mark D. Boughton?

300

Purportedly the tallest Uncle Sam in the world, the statue of Uncle Sam that once stood at the Danbury Fair, and now resides at the Danbury Railway Museum is this many feet tall.

What is 38?

400

The name of the horse owned by "the female Paul Revere".

What is "Star"?

400

First year of the Danbury Fair

What is 1821?

400

Also known as Lady Hercules, she was well known to lift chairs and tables with her teeth.

Who is Millie de Granville-Knox?

400

April 5, 1761

Who is Sybil Ludington?

400

Famous for his multiple crashes, Billy Boo drove this number car in the Danbury Fair Racearena.

What is 88?
500

This man was the 39th governor of New York from 1771 to 1780.

Who is General William Tryon

500

First Hurricane to hit Danbury in the 1955 Flood.

What is Hurricane Connie?

500

The Western Connecticut UFO Conference meets here

What is the Danbury Public Library Farioly Program Room?

500

December 5, 1886

Who is Rose Wilder Lane?

500

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sheep Club recruitment posters, this was the number of sheep needed to "equip and clothe each soldier" in WWI

What is 20?

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